Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 112 Turn on the power!
Sohu headquarters.

Today, Cheng Xi and Li Wentao came to Sohu again to coordinate with Mr. Zeng on the start of the new drama "The Beginning".

"Brother, are you really not going to respond to the current public opinion?"

Mr. Zeng asked worriedly.

Ever since Cheng Xi announced the male and female protagonists of "The Beginning", the Internet has been flooded with criticism.

Some say that the casting is purely an inside story, and that letting everyone choose the casting is just to increase the popularity, but in fact, the hot girl from their own studio has already been decided.

Some people directly criticized Reba for her lack of acting skills. After all, everyone has seen her acting skills in "Never Expected", which is basically equivalent to nothing.

There were also fans of Yang Mi and Zheng Shuang who stood up for them. Even netizens who had previously supported "The Beginning" because of Yang Mi's audition were now even more indignant.

Careful netizens also discovered that Reba was not photographed in the explosive post, which means that Reba got the female lead without even auditioning.

So everyone came to criticize you, Zui Bai, for having just achieved some success and set up a studio, and you were already playing insider trading before the TV series even started airing.

So unkind.

Not only did he choose the actress from his own studio, but he also asked his own idols to accompany you.

Especially Shuangzi’s fans, they are very powerful.

One is worth at least ten fans.

They kept posting comments and posting bad reviews under Zuibai and Reba’s Weibo.

Many comments are even tantamount to personal attacks.

After Zheng Shuang learned that it was Reba who got the role, she became even more popular.

If she lost to Yang Mi, she wouldn't feel so upset.

But when she lost to a newcomer in the film and television industry who had nothing, and who was also her direct junior sister, she was a little upset.

I gave you face to audition, but you actually made fun of yourself like this.

So he started to be sarcastic on Weibo.

Now her fans became even more enthusiastic in attacking Zuibai and Reba.

"It's okay, Mr. Zeng, I have further arrangements."

Seeing that Mr. Zeng still looked a little worried, Cheng Xi went over and whispered a few words to him.

Suddenly, Mr. Zeng's expression changed from suspicion to surprise, and then to uncontrollable laughter.

Everyone praised Cheng Xi for his mastery of controlling public opinion.

"Filming is scheduled to start in the next few days. In addition to hiring external personnel, we also need your support. The price will definitely be based on the market price."

After Cheng Xi finished talking about publicity, he went straight to the point and talked about the purpose of this trip.

"Don't worry, brother. We've already reserved some of our elite members for your crew of 'The Beginning'. You can pay them whatever price you want, just don't treat them unfairly."

Mr. Zeng also waved his hand proudly and said.

At present, Cheng Xi needs people everywhere.

Now the second season of "Never Expected" and "Diaosi Men" have already started filming, and some people who are familiar with Cheng Xi have been brought in.

Because short plays are really simple to prepare, there are only a small number of actors, and there are no requirements for props, you can put together a small team and start working on it in minutes.

But Cheng Xi was seriously filming a TV series, and there were fifty or sixty permanent crew members, including but not limited to:

Actors, directors, cameramen, set designers, lighting designers, sound engineers, art designers, makeup designers, costume designers, prop designers, production managers, stagehands, drivers, chefs, publicity designers, external relations designers, vehicle managers, accountants, and cashiers.
There are also people who join according to the progress of the filming: main and supporting actors, blasting team, martial arts team, aerial photography team
This includes those who provide technical support in the later stages or all the time: business team, visual effects team, editing, post-production (3D, graphic design, synthesis), and legal affairs.
There are also early scripts, producers, producers, investments, financial budgets, storyboards, etc.

In addition to the daily extras, the eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, moving, sitting, lying down and walking of hundreds of people have to be coordinated and managed every day.

Although he had some help, he still made the final decision himself.

It is not an easy task to coordinate so many people.

Not to mention achieving the desired results within the specified time.

Moreover, the props needed for this play must be of high quality, and they purchased three buses alone.

The two vehicles were divided into groups A and B and started shooting at the same time, and after shooting, they had to arrange collision scenes and explosion scenes.

Although shells or scrap car props can be used as substitutes for burning or explosions, if you want to achieve realism, you still need to shoot some footage of real car collisions and then perform montage editing to make it as realistic as possible.

If the photo is not taken well, I will have to buy another one. Thinking of this, Cheng Xi just hopes that there will be no problems during the shooting.

In his previous life, Cheng Xi was interested in the film, so he also looked up how the original "Beginning" filmed the scenes inside the bus and the explosion scene.

They used a technology called LED display screen virtual shooting to capture the scenery at each bus stop with a camera.

Then a three-dimensional LED display room was built in the studio, and the bus was placed inside it.

The background conditions of each station can be adjusted at any time according to the plot, without having to shoot on location or use green screen synthesis, or cut out the image in post-production.

Once this is done, a lot of effort will be saved later, and this technology can be almost the same as real-life shooting after post-optimization.

But Cheng Xi cannot use it now. First, the technology is far from mature. Second, building an entire room with high-resolution LED display screen is too expensive for Cheng Xi now.

Cheng Xi could only try his best to use real scenes and green screen synthesis to handle the scene of the moving bus, and was willing to spend some hard work.

Not only that, the location requirements for this play are also very troublesome, especially the scene involving the explosion on the bridge, which will definitely affect traffic.

You may need to report in advance to see if you can apply for cooperation with the control.

In the previous life, in "The Beginning", we applied for two mornings of bridge closure control before we could shoot the chase scene.

So Cheng Xi is under a lot of pressure now.

When Cheng Xi thought about this, he felt that his 1200 million was not enough to spend.

The daily expenses are over hundreds of thousands, and it would be fine if we can proceed according to the schedule.

I was afraid that if the weather wasn't good or there was a small accident, it would be very likely to delay the trip for a day or two. But Cheng Xi still paid the money.

Thinking of this, Cheng Xi's head started to hurt.

But there was no way, the ship had already sailed out and there was no way to turn back.

The only way is to find ways to save as much as possible where possible and then be more efficient.

So this is why Cheng Xi asked "Wan Wan" and the second season of "Diao Si Nan Ren" to be filmed as soon as possible, because he urgently needs money from here to invest in the filming of "Qi Dui".

After discussing the opening ceremony and crew matters with Mr. Zeng, Cheng Xi immediately began to arrange responses to public opinion.

At this time, Reba also came to the studio and found Cheng Xi crying.

Cheng Xi hugged the crying little Reba and comforted her.

"It's okay. Netizens only remember things for a few seconds and forget them quickly."

"How about I stop acting, brother?"

Cheng Xi looked at Reba who looked aggrieved. It was no wonder that she was badly scolded by Yang Mi and Zheng Shuang’s fans recently.

Not many people support her, including her own fans.

"You don't even want the heroine anymore?"

"I'd rather wait until my acting skills improve and then get roles based on my abilities, rather than have my brother get scolded because of me."

"You, I know what you want to act like, so don't try to back down from your brother."

"Hehe, brother can see this, but I really do have this idea. I don't want to see my brother get scolded. They don't know how hard Giegie works."

Cheng Xi looked at Reba, who was almost crying just now, and now she was laughing and crying.

I have to say that this acting training teacher is really worth hiring.

The acting has come to me.

However, Cheng Xi also believed that there was some truth in what Reba said, after all, she is still a freshman.

Compared to entering society in the future, she will be simpler. I wonder how long Reba can maintain this straightforwardness after entering the entertainment industry.

He also doesn't want to be as naive as Reba, who would suffer in the entertainment industry.

Although I am here to protect her, nothing is certain in this circle, so I still have to be on guard.

Therefore, Cheng Xi has a positive attitude towards Reba's behavior of retreating to advance, and her frank and coquettish behavior towards him after being exposed by Cheng Xi.

"You are the eldest princess of the studio. I told you to act, so you act. You don't need to listen to what netizens say."

"And I think Reba can do it. Do you think you can do it, baby? Do you have the confidence?"

In order to encourage Haoreba, Cheng Xi also used some provocation.

After hearing this, Reba was so moved that she shed tears, then nodded very seriously and said.

"I will definitely perform well in this play and make those who criticize my brother shut up."

"That's right, this is my good Reba! We will prove it to them with our strength."

Cheng Xi carefully wiped Reba's tears and continued to comfort her for a while.

After comforting Reba, Cheng Xi immediately called Jin Xiaoluo in and dealt with the recent public opinion as planned.

In fact, the posts on the Internet attacking Zuibai and Reba were initially sparked by Cheng Xi who asked Jin Xiaoluo to do so.

Later, netizens were guided to focus on attacking the fact that Reba did not participate in the audition, which exposed the inside story of Zuibai Studio's casting.

But Cheng Xi had all the audition videos in his hands, just waiting for the opportunity to send them out.

I just didn’t expect that netizens would get so excited later, and all the hot searches were about the crew of "The Beginning".

However, after the propaganda war in later generations, Cheng Xi knew it clearly.

Being black and red is also being red, I’m just afraid that no one knows about it, not to mention that Cheng Xi has also thought about the publicity response.

One is to let Yang Mi come out to clarify that the two parties did not reach an agreement because their subsequent schedules could not be connected, so as to dispel the emotions of Yang Mi's fans.

The second is to explain that Reba participated in the audition that day and release Reba’s performance during the audition.

Many netizens saw that Reba had gone to the audition and performed very well.

Netizens who attacked this point instantly suddenly lost their focus.

Now everyone's bad feelings have decreased a lot, and some people's doubts that Reba has no acting skills have been dispelled. Some people even began to think that Reba is quite suitable for the role.

The third is to release the makeup photos of the male and female actors, so that everyone can see in real life that Reba and Zhu Yilong’s makeup fits the characters.

By giving the audience an anchor point in their minds, their tolerance will increase a lot, and they may even start to have some expectations.

After all, Cheng Xi still has a lot of support from book fans and drama fans.

Then let the navy that originally attacked start to change direction.

Eliminate some media that are setting the pace too strongly, and then slowly digest this wave of public opinion.

Although it cannot completely eliminate the rumors that Zuibai’s actors were chosen through insider information, it can still maintain the popularity of “The Beginning”.

This is the most important thing.

I'm not afraid of you coming to criticize me, I'm just afraid that no one will come to watch.

Cheng Xi believes that once people click on the first episode, it may be difficult to leave.

By then, the person who scolds the most harshly now will probably be the one who praises the most later.

So a few days later, when everything was ready, the crew of "The Beginning" officially started filming!
(End of this chapter)